mmmm Hops. I enjoyed the Victory's Hop Wallop even though it was not quite
as hoppy a I had expected.
I am still searching for a beer that I consider too hoppy. Any suggestions
out there? The Wyerbacher Hops Infusion is the closest that I have come,
the highest IBU that is, while maintaining a balance.
"Dave Stallard" > wrote in message
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> Denny Conn wrote:
> > Victory's Hop Wallop finally showed up here and after hearing all the
> > kudos it's gotten, I was eager to try some. Great beer, great balance
> > of malt/hops, nicely bittered..but where's the wallop? I don't _think_
> > it's just a case of PNW hop burnout. I expected to be assaulted by hops
> > and I had to really work to find much more than a nicely balanced
> > bitterness in the beer. Followed that up with a Terminal Gravity IPA.
> > Now, THERE'S a hop wallop, but still with a strong malt backbone to it!
> > Anybody else been a little disappointed in Hop Wallop? Agaian, I'm not
> > saying it's in any manner a bad beer, but I wanna get walloped!
>
> Jeez, I tried it and found it basically undrinkably hoppy. It was
> painful. I don't think I finished the pint.
>
> I much prefer the Hop Devil.
>
> Dave
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